Window-shutter or door guide.



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UNITED STATES Patented J' une 20, 1905.

PATENT OFFICE.

WINDOW-SHUTTER OR DOOR GUIDE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. l79235366, dated June2.), 1905.

Application filed vlovcn'be: 30,1904. Serial No. 234,828.

To a, whom, it may concern,.-`

Be it known that I, FRANCES E. VVARNER, a citizen of the United States,residing at New Milford, in the county of Bergen, State of New Jersey,have invented a new and useful lindoW-Shutter or Door Guide, of whichthe following is a specification.

My invention consists of an improvementin guides for shutters, doors,&c., whereby the same can be quickly and easily hung in position uponthe supporting devices therefor.

It further consists of novel details of construction, all as will behereinafter set forth.

Figure 1 represents a perspective View of a guide embodying myinvention, showing the supporting pin or pivot and a portion of a dooror shutter with the coacting device or socket for the pin attachedthereto. Fig. 2 represents a perspective View wherein the pivot for thedoor or shutter is formed integral with the guide. Fig. 3 representsaplan view Vthereof.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in thefigures.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates a guide, consisting of aplate 2,having openings 3 therein for attachment to the side of awindow-frame ordoor-frame, and has the projecting portion 4 extendingat an angle fromthe plate 2.

5 designates a lip, which is curved toward the projecting portion 4,with a space between the inturned edge 16 of said lip and the face ofthe projecting portion 4, the upper face or edge of said lip 5 beinginclined downwardly, as at 6, in order to form a track, it beingunderstood that the space between the edge 16 of the lip 5 and theprojecting portionfi is of suflcient width to pass the bracket 7, whichis attached to the door or shutter 8, it being understood that saidbracket 7 carries the pin or socket therefor, and in the drawings I haveshown the socket 9 as carried by said bracket 7.

10 designates the pin for the socket 9, which in the present instance iscarried by an arm 11, which is suitably attached to the frame of thewindow or door.

If desired, I may provide a second lip 12 beneath the first-mentionedlip 5, which is also curved inwardly, as' previously explained, withrespect to the first-mentioned lip.

The operation will be readily understood. In order to swing a door orshutter on its hinges, it isfound to be difficult to hold the s'ame inproper position in order that both of the sockets will be presented inthe proper position to the supporting-pins; but by use of my device itwill be seen that no care need be exerciscd in the operation, which willbe quickly and easily accomplished. The plate 3 is secured adjacent thepin 10 in the present instance in such a position that the said pin isdirectly beneath the space formed between the curved lips and the plate,one of the guides being secured above each of the pins employed, -sothat by simply placing the socket 9 in the space between the lips 5 and12 and the projecting portion 4 the socket 9 may be quickly guided tothe pin 10, the effect of which is evident, by simply lowering the dooror shutter.

By reason of the curved face 6 on the lip 5 it will be seen vthat if thesocket 9 is not presented quite properly to the guide the said inclinedface will direct the said socket and supporting-bracket 7 to the properplace between said lip, and the projecting portion 11 and the socket andpin are brought together.

In the construction seen in Fig. 2 the guide is formed as shown in Fig.1; but I have made in this instance a depending strip 13, which carriesthe bracket 14:, which supports the pin 15, so that the whole device,including the shutter or door support, will be fastened together withthe guide in one operation upon the window-frame or door-frame.

It will be understood that the pin may be carried by the bracket on theshutter or door, and the socket may be secured to the frame or may becarried by the strip 13 of the guide.

It will be evident that various changes may be made by those skilled inthe art which will come within the scope of my invention, and I do not,therefore, desire to be limited in every instance to the exactconstruction herein shown and described.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a device of the character described, a stationary member of thehinge and a guide situated above said member and out of contacttherewith and constructed to direct the coacting member of the hingethereto.

2. In a device of the character described, a guide formed of a platehaving a portion eX- tending at an angle to the body of the plate andprovided with a curved lip forming a passage through Which onel hingemember is guided to a coacting member.

3. In a device of the character described, a

FRANCES .E. WARNER.

Witnesses: v

JOHN A. WIEDERSHEIM, WM. (JANER WIEDERSEIM.

